诈 Strokes Write it Listen 诈 zhà to cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous HSK 7–9 7 strokes Radical 讠 Sound + meaning 5 words Built from讠meaningyánwords, speech; to speak, to say乍soundzhàfirst time, for the first time, suddenly How it works讠 hints at the meaning (speech), and 乍 zhà hints at the sound.